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April 18, 2019 at 1:36 pm

Detail-minded architect left guide for restoring Notre Dame VIEW

CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France (AP) — Eugene Viollet-le-Duc is still the man to go to when it comes to restoring Notre Dame, even though he died nearly...

April 16, 2019 at 10:25 am

Rebuilding Notre Dame will be long, fraught and expensive VIEW

LONDON (AP) — Notre Dame in Paris is not the first great cathedral to suffer a devastating fire, and it probably won't be the last....

April 16, 2019 at 1:52 am

Notre Dame fire shows the power of monuments to the French VIEW

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Monuments are the emotional backbone of France. That accounts for the despair over a blaze that killed no one, yet seared...

April 15, 2019 at 10:28 am

France’s Le Pen wants Salvini to form populist EU group

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — France's Marine Le Pen, one of the leading voices of the far right in the European Union, is throwing her political...

April 10, 2019 at 6:42 am

Cod, shrimp and iPad jokes — backstage at the Brexit summit VIEW

BRUSSELS (AP) — Angela Merkel and Theresa May laughed at their matching jackets. European presidents and prime ministers haggled about Britain's future over a cod-and-shrimp...

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British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. European Union leaders meet Wednesday in Brussels for an emergency summit to discuss a new Brexit extension. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool) VLM173 VLM173

April 10, 2019 at 12:36 am

Trick or treat? EU, UK agree to delay Brexit until Halloween VIEW

BRUSSELS (AP) — As if Brexit hadn't spooked Britain and the European Union enough over the past three years, the two sides agreed early Thursday...

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April 8, 2019 at 11:44 pm

France softens stance ahead of May plea for new Brexit delay VIEW

BRUSSELS (AP) — Tough-guy France softened its stance Tuesday and showed willingness to accept yet another delay in the long-awaited Brexit, diminishing the chances that...

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April 8, 2019 at 12:51 am

Theresa May woos UK opponents and EU leaders over Brexit VIEW

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Theresa May wooed domestic political opponents and European leaders Monday as she sought to break Britain's Brexit impasse and secure...

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April 5, 2019 at 3:46 am

Greece’s bailout lenders approve big debt relief payout

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's bailout creditors on Friday backed a payout worth more than $1 billion as part of a debt-relief package that is...

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A pro Brexit poster hangs opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, April 4, 2019. Meetings are planned Thursday between the British government and the opposition Labour Party in an urgent search for a compromise solution to the country’s departure from the European Union. The upper House of Lords is also set to consider legislation that would force Prime Minister Theresa May to seek a delay from the EU. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) FAS108 FAS108

April 5, 2019 at 1:20 am

UK’s prime minister asks EU to delay Brexit until June 30 VIEW

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday again sought to delay Brexit until June 30 to avoid a chaotic withdrawal from the...

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